Out and about....34 and Penn

Lainy Hedaya is a fairly new kid on the block (mind you after 2 years in I am sure she no longer feels that way) and has a great looking blog called  Haute Inhabit. This is the 2nd picture I have taken of her the 1st is here. In this image she is wearing a Michael Kors jacket a beautiful Giambattista Valli dress with Jeffery Campbell shoes. 

Out and about....up and over

Ready, steady.....

...GO

 Fashion week fun before Missoni.

Out and about....good to be back

I am going to be posting again more regularly. It is good to be back.

Out and about....Yasmin Le Bon

As a young photographer I used to dream of photographing the girls who had put the name Super into the world of modeling. I guess you never know just when your dreams will become a reality. So you can imagine how I felt when Conde Nast College asked me if I could come and photograph Yasmin Le Bon. Excited, nervous and happy to name a few of those feelings. Yasmin had come to the college to talk to the students about the world of modeling, which she did with humour and fun. And it is when she is talking that you realise that it is this mixture along with the fact she is so beautiful of course, that made her successful. She talked of working with Horst and Peter Lindberg and the importance of her relationship with the photographer. How working practices have changed in the digital age. When the stylist and hair and make-up artists can be so busy with their phones they are not concentrating on their job, which while shooting is happening is to keep there eyes on her. Where even the delivery boy once had had an opinion when again everyone was busy looking this time at the computer the screen instead of the action on set. Now she has measures in place to ensure this does not happen.
She also told us what it was like moving between editorial and catwalk, because of course you forget that they used to be two totally different fields of expertise. That when it first started to happen the editorial girls all kept together for survival as the catwalk girls could be fierce.
Of running from show to show in Paris on public transport or on foot. And now being amazed how they managed to do 5 or 6 shows a day. All the more amazing for me as I see the models being picked up and whisked off on the back of motorbikes, there were no such luxuries for the girls then. It is the likes of me now who are using public transport or going by foot between the shows.
When the speakers arrive at the college there is very little time  between their arrival and the talk starting. So I set everything up before they arrive so I make sure I use my 5 minutes wisely and well.
When we were shooting she said "when I am being me I can smile". So here we have the very lovely real Yasmin Le Bon.

Out and about....Amsterdam on my mind

So, the last shot I posted was of a citizen of the Netherlands. Little did I know at the time of posting that my next image would come to you from there. I have just returned from a advertising job I shot there last week. It was a pretty packed schedule but I  managed a couple of hours to myself which was when I met Xue.
Xue described herself as a freelancer. For me the dungarees, the bike and the headphones make a perfect combination. She says that no one believes she can cook but she is really good at it. When I asked her what she likes to cook best she told me Fusion and Asian.
She is wearing vintage Levis dungarees, a Replay shirt, COS shoes, Hugo Boss sunglasses and Bose headphones. Her bike is a Gazelle.

Out and about....top love

"The most lovely thing for me is freedom" was Masha's reply to my surprise question. My guess was she was on holiday like myself as she told me she was Ukrainian but that is my guess. It might have been where she originated from. Her blue top was a present from a boyfriend, the black top from Stradaivarius, Zara shoes and an Accessorize bag.

Out and about....zig zag

Although Liron works in insurance sales she loves fashion. Her surprise was that she likes to take something old and make something new from it.
She is wearing Ray Bans, with a vintage waistcoat, Intima 4-95 top, Luka skirt, Havaianas flip flops and a bag from Dillards.

Out and about....taking to the skies

From Fashionistable

Vera said yes to having her picture taken but asked me to be quick as she was heading to the airport to go to London. She is going to spend 3 months here to work. She is a fashion designer. She will be here for London Fashion Week, I hope she gets to see it and enjoy the vibe around it. I am sure it will be inspirational for her.She is wearing Prada glasses, Ivanna Helsinki dress, Gucci scarf, Osnat necklace, Zara shoes and is carrying a Michael Kors bag.
Shop the Look - if you roll over the image you can find Tagmag shopping suggestions.

Out and about...Joan's rising star

The first time I photographed Joan was in September 2011 and there was only her and I. How things have changed, this time I could hardly get near her. Well done Joan.
The rest of my images from Couture can be seen on Vogue here.

Out and about....Suki the model actress

While shooting recently during London Collections Men I decided to turn my attention to the women too. Suki was standing chatting with a group of others and kindly let me take her out of the group to take this shot. When I asked her what she was wearing she didn't answer but one of the others stepped in and told me. I thought at the time strange and then remembered, when preparing this shot another similar situation in Milan when it turned out I had just photographed a Bollywood star.
So I have just googled Suki. She is a model and actress who at the time of writing is going out with Bradley Cooper. The amazing coat she is wearing is by Burberry.

Out and about....Blue Belle

Oxana Ong is the Fashion Editor of Russian Glamour. But she is also a designer and don't know if this is one of her's or not, but it is likely that it is.